[HOE] soldier edge seems like a waste

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

So the soldier edge costs 5 pts. 
For that you get:
about 6-8 pts. of skills
double your belongin's up to your rank edge
a MAJOR drawback that falls somewhere in between Vot Wasted West and Vot
Weird West on the "totally hosed" meter, right?
And you can raise your skills above 5 (good luck, you had to spend all
your points on the soldier, rank and belongin's edge!)
That's it, right?
All for 5 + 8 = 13 pts.
        ^^^^^^^^^^
So instead make a soldier (without the soldier edge)
Give him 6-8 pts. of skills
buy belongin's 8 or whatever (they did it in Wasted West...)
Don't get the MAJOR drawback
Don't waste pts. on an edge that means virtually nothing in the Wasted
West ("Wow, you were a colonel before the war? Big deal. Actually, in a
way then most of this is your fault. Kill him!!!")
(I.e. why get belongin's 4 and rank 4 to get belongin's 8, when you can
just BUY belongin's 8 for the same points?!?)
All for 6-8 + 8 =~ 15 pts. (with no draw on the soldier table)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Did I miss something? Or should Soldier be a 0 pt. edge like VotWW?

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab


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